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    ' - ?¦ " For ; a couple ofrhouifa'he was talking about poetry , and" the whole harangue was onajelQquen . t proclamation of ^ the ^ efecfe iUi ? M » pwn , mihdi - " ^ ennyaon wrote in verse becauise the ^ Had thus ; unfoituii ' a . tely , 1 > ee , n ^ ^ ur ^ ej jfr ^ in T tia ? irue , path for a nianw , Burns ha ( l , in like manner , ^ ^ bWn / turiH ^^ froni , his vocation . Shakspeare had not had the gb . 6 d . senBiB'io ie ; e I 3 ia ' t ^ it would haye been better to ^ t ® straight on in prose ; atid ^ Uch 'jibnsenSe / which , thbiug ^ h ^ a while . - The most amusing part ^^ is always Whei \ he ^^ comes back ; to some refrain , whin ' the' J ' rBtteV Re ^ blutlori-bf ¦ the sea-greeni * ^ n this ihsfeince , it was Petrarch and : Lama , the last word ipfonb ^ tinced with' his irieflable' sarcasm of drawl . Although he said i this : over fifty times , Iicould' not ever help laughing when and his

    Lqwra would come . :. Qarlyle running his ; cbin < out , ' whett he spoke it , eyes glancing till they looked like the eyes arid beak of : > a bird of prey . Poor Laura J Lucky for . heir tha , t her poet had already got her safely canonized beyond tlie reach , pf this Teufelsdrockh vulture . , ¦¦ ¦ : > .-. ¦• .. , ¦ ¦'¦'¦ " The worst of hearing Carlyle is , that yov » cannot interrupt him . I un 4 erstand the habit and power of haranguing hfiiye increase ^ cl yery ^ much upon hjm , so that foil are a perfect prisoner wjben , he has p ^ cegpt hold qf ( you ., To interrupt h ^ im is a physical impossibility- ! If you get a chance tb | remonstrate for a moment , he fftiaes his voice ' aiidbearji yPu down / True , he does you no injustice , and , with his admirable penetration , sees the disclaimer in your rninil ^ so that you are tidt morally delinquent ' fbuti it 5 b not pleasant io be unable toutter it ' TKe l . attfer

    part of the evening , however , he paid us fof . thia , by a series of sketches , m his fii ^ oqt sfiylo ^ of imUwgnawdTaiHeryviof'modern ^ *> -eiicih litotl-ktttrojr riot one of them ; perhaps , peirfeotly just , but all drawn with the finest ; boldest strokes , andj from hia point , of vjiew ^ . mai ^ terly . AU were depredating , except that of Berariger . Of him he ppoke with p ^ rfept justice , bec ^ us ^ with hearty sympathy . ; , , . "I had afteriKrardb s ^ me tal ] k with Mrs . C , whqn > , hitlierto I had only awn , for who can sneak while her hiisband is there ? X \ ikei \\ e ? very much . ; she is full of grace , sweetness , / and talent . Her ^ eyes are sad » n < Vpharming , . * * , * " After this ; they ivint to stay at Lord AshbuTrtbh ' s . ancl tonly saw them once more , whbn ' they came to pass aW evening wiiK 'ha . ' - trnli ^ ckilyi Mazzini was with « s , whose society , when he " was there alone , I enjoyed more than any . He | a a

    beauteous andpure inusi 6 ; alrio / he'fs a dear friehd 6 f Mi ' s . 0 :, but his oding there gave the oonversatibn a tum to ' ^ pVogresa ' arid-ideal riubjebtsj sirid O . wan fluent to invedtiv « s on all our < rose-water imbecilities / ; We all felt ; distant fromhim ; and Ma . zzini , jafter , aom 0 , vain-efforts , to . remonstrate , became yery isad . M-rs ., q . sai 4 to me , ffThese ajre but opinions to Catlyle ; but to , Mftzzini ,. wlioha 8 giy 6 n his all , and helped to bring hjs fnenda . to tlie eeiaffold ,, in pursuit of each 8 ubwcts itisainatter . pfliferahtldeath- ' ' * . } l P ^ y \^ WO * ,, that evening , was a defence of . mere force—^ success * he teat of right ; If people would not behave well , , put cplljirs rpmid , thoir necks j . ^ nd » hero , and let theni be his ' slaves , & c . It wlis very titanic , and anti-celestial , i Wiah tHe ' last evehl ^^^ hUd been more melodiousi However , I bid Carlylo farewell with feellriga of ' ihd' wkfmeut friendsliib and admiratioh . We cftnnot 'eel otherwise to a . great and hoble nature ; whether it hftrmohize with our owii jr not . I never Appreciated the work he has done for his age till I saw England ; f « ou | d not . You must stand in , the shadow of that mountain of shams , to . know Uo ) y haya itis tpt cast ljghti across it . ' . ; i' , :

    . , , ,, ., / Hpnour . to , Oarlylel y £ fopM AJth 0 Mgh > in ^ h e ^ winewitl * whioh we drink ftl ^ ewtti ,, I , for 0 ^^ .. ; ..,.. ¦' ¦ ' - ¦ ' ]" >•! .. - . ¦ . ¦ ¦ / . ¦ : . ¦" '¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ 'M't » A'BPTI . B 'AQXlW .. - ¦ ¦ ¦ " ' ' ¦ ¦' > ' " . )>¦ ' ¦ : v ' ¦ ¦ I : ' "'!' - t , \ u- < V ***> . ^ i' ^^ Oi- ^ AoouBtoTtted'tb 'the infinite ' wit ftnd exuberant' riohhesa fn a yritin 8 * his toflk itf' dtlllanalnajsement arid & Bplendoiir scarcely to be jacod with . Htefcdy eyoa ; v He does hot conve * ae , jonly haraiugues . It' is thovuiual ^« ortwnpipf fauqh marke d mett r- ihappily not one invariable or inovitalile ^ -tliat 31 ? ^ ^ « H « Jiw > ftther . n ^ ntb ? room to b reathe ,, ftndi ahow themselves ini their 3 ^ ttero >) Wn 4 tjhua . misa the refireBhroei > t ; find inetruq ^^ hioh the greatest ueyep cejwo * o ^ ee ^ ^ ^ . © xpGrieiipa tf , ^« hutob ^ Bt . i jQftrly ^ 9 # qw » n ^ ane ,

    a chance , but beara down all opposition , not only , byhi 8 wit and , onsetof . ^ ords ^ rdslstiess : in ' theit ^'^ Mpness as so mdari y bayonets ^ but b y actual physical ' Biifkeribri ^^ raisirig ;'^ Ills voice , And rushifig oh his / bppotaent with a torrent of souiidi This is nbfc in- fhe least froiri unAvillhighess '! tb allow freeidbm to o ^ erfl , y on the contrary , no man would more enjoyr a manly ; resistance ! ' to Ms thought . fl utit is the impulse of a mind accustomed to follow put its own impulse , siA the hawk , its prey , s andi which , fcn ^ s not ; hOjVevto stop in the chase * Garlyle , indeed , if . arrpgantjand bverbearing ; but in his arrogance there is no littleness , no _ selftpye , ^ It is the hero ic arrpgance of some old Scandinavian conquerop ; it is his mture , and '! th ^ Vu > pitam ' abl 6 ; iiiipulse fihat has giy en" hinx poorer to crush the clr ^ gbns . ' Ypu dp " not love ^ ini , per & aps , nor reyere ^— -and perhaps ,. , o , he would only laiigfi at you if you did—but you like him heartily , and like pa see hiih ; the powerful ' smith , the'Siegfriea , tteJtirig o ^ ll the old iron in his fiirhace till it glows to ' a ' sunset red , atid'burrisyouj if yoii : settsele $ slygo too near . He seems to- '• hie quite ? isdlateid ) iPnely * as' the desert , yet : never was a inan iridre' fitted to prizeaman ; could he find- one to match his ' mood . He finds them ; but biily in the ; past ; ¦ H « sin ^ sirather than talks .: He pours upon you a kind : of satirical , ; heroioaly critical poem ^ jwith regular cadences , and generally catching up , near : the beginning , some singular :: epithet , iwhich ' serves as . a ?* He : Sofe ' eiiihes stbpa a minute to . laugh at it himself , then begins anew with fresh , vigpfir ; ' ^ br all the spirit ? he ia & nying before hini seem to him as Fata Mbrganas , : ugljr ' masks ; ' in fact , if he dan but make them Jturri about ; but he laughs that theysbem" tb others such dainty Ariels . His talk" , like his books * , is full of pictures i his " ¦ ' critical strokes rnasteWy . Allow ^ 'for his point of view , and his survey is admirable . He is a large subject . I cannot speak more or wiselier of him now , nor . needs it ; his works are true , to blame and praise him—the Sie ^ Fried of Eiigla ' rid—great and powerful > if nbtinvuiherable / and of a might 1 rather to destroy evil ,, than legislate for good . " Si ^ e'fiy si ^ e with iJiesd twd sketphes let us hafcg up this ; - ,. ' , ,. j ;; .,, ; .,. . ; ,. ..,-. ; POBTBAIT-OF & EO ! E 0 JEf ; SAND . '¦ ¦ ,. ¦ .- .. : . -,-, .. ¦/ - '' - ' ¦/ ;" . As I « poke , Madame S . opened the door , and stood looking at me an instant . Our . eyes , imestif > I-never shall forget her look , at that moment . - The doorway made a frame for her figure—rshe is large , but wellTforjncied . She was dressed in | -a robe pf , diar | k violet . siS ; , with , a black niantle oh her shoulders , her beautiful haijr' driesseii-with the greatest its simple ¦ ¦ ai jicl ^ ^ lady-like dignity , presented an almost ludicrous contrast to the ^ y ^ car ^ ture idea of ( George Sand . Her face is a very little like the pbrtraits , but much fiiier ; th ^^' upper part of the forehead and eyes are beautiful , the lower strong aiid masculine , eipi-essiye of a hardy temperament and strong passions / but hot in the least coarse ; the cOmplexibri olive , and the air of the whole ^ head Spanish ( as ; indeed , she was born at Madrid , and is only on 6 ne side of French blood ) . All these details I saw at a glance ; but what fiied my attention was the expression ^ of goodness , aohlefeesa ; and power , that pervaded the whole—the truly hw ^ ri h eart and nature that shone in the eyes . As our eyes met , she said , ' Cfestviout , ' and held out her hand . I took it , and went into her little study . We sat down a moment , then I said , ' II me fait de Men de vousjvoir , ' I , am sure I said it with my whole , heart ,, for it made me very happy to see such a woman , so large and so developed a character , and everything that is good in it so really good . I loved , shall always love her . mL" She looked away , and said , 'AhJ' yous m ' avez icrit une lettre charmante . This was all the preliminary of our talk , which then went On as if we had always known one another . She told me , before I went away , that she was going that very day to write to me ; that when the servant announced me , she did not recognise the name , but after a minute it struck her that it might be La dame Amerieaine , as the foreigners very commonly call me , for they find my name hard to remember . She was very much pressed for time , as she was then preparing cppy for the printer , and having just returned , there were many applications to see her , but she wanted me to stay then , saying , f It is better to throw things aside , and seize the present moment . ' I stayed a good part of the day , and was very glad afterwards , for I did not see her again uninterrupted . Another day I was there , and saw her in her circle . Her daughter and another lady were present , and a number of gentlemen . Her position there was of an intellectual woman and good friend—the same as my Own in the circle of my acquaintance as distinguished from my intimates . Her daughter is just about to be married . It is said there is no congeniality between her * and her mother ; but for her son she seekhB ' tohave much K > ve , ' and he loves and admires her extremely . I understand he has a good and free character , without conspicuous talent . " .., . " Her way of talking is just like her writing—lively , picturesque , with an undertone of deep feeling , and the same happiness in striking the nail on the head every now and then with a blow . , . . , " We did not talk at all of personal or private mattera . I saw , as one sees in her writing * , the want of an independent , interior life , but I did not feel it as a fault , there is so much in her of her kind . I heart . ly enjoyed the sense of so rich , so prolific : * 6 ardent a genius . I liked the woman in her , too , very much ; I never liked a woman better . ' ' ' , " For the rest t do not care to write about it muoh , for I cannot , m the room and time I have to spend , express my thoughts as I would ; but as near as I can exWre 8 rthe sum total , it is tliis . S- and others who adm re her , are anxious ? Jmake . a fancy picture of her , and represent heraa a Helena ( m the Seven Chorda of the Lvre ) , all whose mistakes are the fault of the present state of society But ? o me the truth seems to be this : she has that purity in her soul , for she knows well how to love and prize its beauty ; but she herself is quite another sort of Z-son J 3 he npeds no defence , but only to be understood ^ she ^ haa bravely aSed out her nature , and always with good intentions She might have loved one man permanently , if she could have found one contemporary with her who co \ 5 ld interest and command her throughout her range ; but there ^ hardl y a raribiUty of that for such a person . Thus she has naturally changed the objects o ? her affection , and several times . Also , there may have been something of the Bacchante in her life , and of the loyo of , night and storm , and the free raptures amid which roamed on the mountain-tops the followers of Cybolo the great goddess , the ^^^ ^ Slo ^ ZZZ ^^^ 2 every STS whie pZrme n " he has > hc witl , an intimacy / 8 no P likes to break it off 3 enlv ana tlM ' a has happened often both with men and women . Many caluSs ujoh her ate traceable to thia cause . " That Marcftrot sometimes ia hor introspections saw pretty feloarjy tho limit of her own powers * may bo gathered from this passage : — "' How can I over write with this impatience of detail ? I shall nevor bo an ftrti « t I have no patient love of execution ; I am delighted with my aketoh bub ff I tryto finish ifcf I am chilled . Never was there ft great eculptor who did not lovotoohip ^ o ^^ ' ' ,

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 14, 1852, page 19, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14021852/page/19/